After the President refused to appoint a eurosceptic finance minister, Italy is heading for a fresh election. Provided that Five Star Movement and the League do not call for a referendum on euro membership, a full-blown crisis is not an immediate threat. Nevertheless, we suspect that bond yields will rise further as the parties rally against the domestic political establishment and the EU during the next campaign.
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